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Conference Agenda 19th Annual Conference at Lewis & Clark Standing Up for Animals: Can a Bad Economy Inspire Greater Goodness? Friday, October 14, 2011 ● 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Welcome Reception & Keynote Address at The Benson Hotel (309 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205) The conference will kick off with an evening reception. We invite you to enjoy appetizers and drinks while networking with fellow conference attendees. ● 7:30 - 8:00 p.m. Keynote Address Joyce Tischler, founder and general counsel, Animal Legal Defense Fund Introductions and welcome: Michelle Pawliger, SALDF co-director, Lewis & Clark Law School Pamela Frasch, assistant dean, Animal Law Program and executive director, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School Kathy Hessler, clinical director, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School Jaclyn Leeds, SALDF student conference coordinator, Lewis & Clark Law School Holly Gann, SALDF co-director, Lewis & Clark Law School Saturday, October 15, 2011 All panel sessions will take place in the Wood Hall building at Lewis & Clark Law School Saturday and Sunday. ● 7:30 - 8:45 a.m. Room 7 - “The Ethical (Human) Animal” Steve Johansen, professor of law, Lewis & Clark Law School Russ Mead, general counsel, Animal Law Coalition Get your blood pumping early in the morning with ethics Professor Steve Johansen and animal law expert Russ Mead as they lead attendees on a fast- paced journey through some of the most challenging ethical dilemmas animal law attorneys face in practice today. Interactive and thought-provoking, attendees will receive 1.25 Oregon ethics CLE credits. Room 8 - SALDF Breakfast Holly Gann & Michelle Pawliger, SALDF co-directors, Lewis & Clark Law School Dr. Nicole Pallotta, student liaison, Animal Legal Defense Fund The SALDF breakfast allows students from around the county who are interested in animal law to meet, share ideas and information, and build stronger SALDF programs over coffee and vegan baked goods. *Continental breakfast available for all others in the lower level of Wood Hall at Lewis & Clark Law School. ● 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Room 7 – Humane Science – Is the End of Animal Testing Within Reach? Dr. Paul Locke, associate professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Sara Amundson, executive director, Humane Society Legislative Fund As a result of heightened public concern about harm from chemical exposure and increasing demand for legal reform to protect people, wildlife and the environment from toxins, there is evidence of an emerging shift in how chemicals are tested. In response to the National Research Council’s vision and strategy for toxicity testing, what steps should lawyers, regulators and policymakers take to ensure that chemical testing protects public health? This panel will explore these questions as well as examining how these new developments might affect the future of animal testing. Room 8 - What’s New in Litigation & Legislation? Matthew Liebman, staff attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund Nancy Perry, senior vice president of government relations, ASPCA This panel will lay out the hot topics under current Congressional consideration, as well as individual states’ progress in animal legislation. The panel will also discuss recent cases of interest to the animal law movement. Seminar Smith - Talking to Cattlemen: Finding Common Ground Dr. Bernard Rollin, university distinguished professor, Colorado State University This panel will explore effective ways to build bridges between putatively hostile or distrustful groups. Dr. Bernard Rollin will discuss his personal experiences working directly with cattlemen associations to improve conditions for animals. He will also read from his autobiography Putting the Horse Before Descartes. Dr. Rollin will be available to sign copies of his book immediately following this talk. ● 10:45 - 12:15 p.m. Room 7 - Drawing Connections Between Animal Law and Other Disciplines Dr. Taimie Bryant, professor of law, UCLA School of Law Maneesha Deckha, associate professor, University of Victoria, Faculty of Law When disciplines intersect, there is often great opportunity to discover unexpected links and to think about problems from new vantage points. This panel will examine animal law through an interdisciplinary lens, focusing on related academic areas such as moral philosophy, critical theory, and feminist theory. Room 8 – Enforcement: Building a Case Against Cruelty Scott Heiser, director, Criminal Justice Program, Animal Legal Defense Fund Deborah Knaan, deputy district attorney, animal cruelty case coordinator, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office This panel will explore how to build a criminal case against an animal abuser, including working with police and local animal organizations. It will examine the difficulties faced by prosecutors and the solutions they have had to craft to put people who harm victims that can’t testify behind bars. Seminar Smith - Pets du Jour Daphna Nachminovitch, vice president, Cruelty Investigations Department, PETA Deborah Wood, manager, Washington County Animal Services & Bonnie L. Hays Small Animal Shelter This panel is intended to tap into and discuss the popular trends in pet ownership and how those trends affect animals when they are no longer popular. This panel will discuss how human preferences change and how that changes the pets they bring into their homes. ● 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Lunch in the Legal Research Center building of Lewis & Clark Law School ● 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Room 7 - Practicing Animal Law: Why Contracts, Wills and Business Law Matter to Animals Bruce Berning, partner, Tonkon Torp LLP Rebecca Huss, professor of law, Valparaiso University School of Law Animals need more than litigators; they need lawyers who can act as counselors and intermediaries, draft contracts and trusts and provide legal services for businesses (for profit and non-profit) that provide goods and services to help animals. This panel will focus on the transactional opportunities lawyers have to help animals. Room 8 - Global Animal Concerns Dr. David Cassuto, professor of law, Pace Law School David Favre, professor of law, Michigan State University College of Law Addressing certain animal issues is not possible without a global conversation. Species and habitat conservation, climate change, trade, and economics all affect even domestic efforts to help animals. These experts will discuss global efforts to address some of the problems facing animals. Seminar Smith - International Voices in Animal Law: Switzerland & Egypt Saskia Stucki, law student, University of Basel (Switzerland) Dr. Kristen Stilt, co-founder and US liaison of Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals; associate professor of law, Northwestern University Law School in Chicago This panel gives attendees a chance to learn from these international animal law pioneers about exciting new developments in Switzerland and Egypt. ● 3:15 - 4:45 p.m. Room 7 - Using Your Law Degree to Help Sanctuaries Sarah Baeckler, executive director, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest Bruce Wagman, partner, Schiff Hardin Every good sanctuary has one or more lawyers working for it, and legal training and expertise are invaluable assets to running and protecting a home for rescued animals. Bruce Wagman and Sarah Baeckler will discuss the wide range of roles lawyers play in the life of a sanctuary. Topics will cover the broad range of the speakers’ experience, including: establishing a nonprofit corporation; litigating on behalf of the sanctuaries and their animals; negotiating rescues; undercover investigations; public advocacy and campaigns; managing human resources; and the variety of contractual situations that arise running a sanctuary. Room 8 – Shelter in the Storm Ledy VanKavage, senior legislative attorney, Best Friends Animal Society Amy Sacks, executive director, The Pixie Project What happens to animal shelters, humane societies and rescue organizations when the funding dries up? More importantly, what happens to the animals they serve? This panel takes a hard look at the hard times shelters face when the economy suffers. Ledy VanKavage and Amy Sacks are two of the most respected experts on sheltering animals and will report from the frontlines on the harsh realities companion animals face in a bad economy. Seminar Smith - Exotic Pets, People, Public Policy - Individuals Count! Will Travers, CEO, Born Free Foundation Why are there special legal precautions taken with exotic pets? What are some of the public policies pertaining to exotic pets? Come learn the answers to these questions and more! This session will also explore the recent changes to the Dangerous Wild Act Schedule from a European perspective as well as outline the history of organizations working on these issues such as, the Born Free Foundation and Born Free USA. ● 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. Drinks & Appetizers in the Legal Research Center building of Lewis & Clark Law School ● 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Banquet Dinner, Keynote Address & Book Signing Banquet dinner in the Legal Research Center building of Lewis & Clark Law School ● 7:00 – 8:15 p.m. Keynote Address: Animal Rights as a Mainstream Phenomenon Book Signing to follow Keynote Presentation Dr. Bernard Rollin, university distinguished professor, Colorado State University Introductions and welcome: Michelle Pawliger, SALDF co-director, Lewis & Clark Law School Jaclyn Leeds, SALDF student conference coordinator, Lewis & Clark Law School Robert Klonoff, dean and professor of law, Lewis & Clark Law School Holly Gann, SALDF co-director, Lewis & Clark Law School
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